The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 447 Too Close for Comfort

Chapter 447 Too Close for Comfort

Does this man even realize how good his body looks?

Victor: “Hm?”

Tessa: “A man and a woman alone in a room… Mind the optics.”

Victor’s lips curled into a faint smile. “You? Telling me to mind the optics?”

Tessa: “W–What’s that supposed to mean?”

Just because she was under his roof, didn’t mean she couldn’t have some boundaries, right?

Victor chuckled. “Didn’t see you worried about optics before.”

What did he mean by that? What “before“?

Before Tessa could wrap her head around the implication, Victor continued, “Remember what you did at the villa?”

Tessa’s mouth twitched.

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Her mind flashed to the moment she had lost her balance that day and instinctively grabbed onto–yeah, that spot. Even though it had been days since, just hearing him bring it up sent a jolt through her entire body.

Seeing her looking all flustered and blank, Victor’s smile deepened. “And when you pulled off my towel…”

“Stop!”

Tessa darted forward and slapped her hand over Victor’s mouth. She couldn’t let him keep going.

Did he even hear what he was saying?

If he said anything else, there’d be no salvaging whatever was left between them.

They were standing way too close now. Their warm breaths tangled together in the narrow space.

suddenly wrapped an arm around her slender waist. She

hand landed on her waist and instinctively

to reality–only to realize she

god. She’d done something stupid.

front of him? She didn’t used to be

stammered, her whole body overheating and out of

Tessa started to panic.

was terrified,

she was an angry

“You’re the one who jumped into my arms. What are

face turned

let go

was seriously worried that if this kept going,

No. This man

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breath catching as she noticed… something

of electricity.

you’re spooked, you really do

bolted halfway across the room, her mind completely

“You, you…

“What?”

you

god… Was Stella’s gossip

all nerve to look at Victor again. She spun

behind her and locked herself in her

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was at the hospital when her phone

answered, “What’s wrong,

intel was wrong! Where did you even hear

Stella: “Huh? What intel?”

totally confused

Rianne was hurt yet. If she had, she wouldn’t be wasting time with

Tessa: “Victor.”